Meanings
plural intoxications
- countableuncountableA poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.
- countableuncountableThe state of being intoxicated or drunk.
Synonyms: inebriation, ebriety, drunkenness
- countableuncountableThe act of intoxicating or making drunk.
- countablefigurativelyuncountableA high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
Excitement leads to enthusiasm, that moral intoxication, whose effects seem incredible to the sober, while the influence which produces the extravagance appears more extraordinary than the act itself.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being intoxicated or drunk.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
nouna temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek μέθη
- μέθη (méthē)poisoning
Arabic إِنْتِشاء
- إِنْتِشاء (ʔintišāʔ)state of being intoxicated
Bulgarian отравяне, напиване
- отравяне (otravjane)poisoning
- напиване (napivane)state of being intoxicated
- опиянение (opijanenie)state of being intoxicated
- силна възбуда (silna văzbuda)excitement
Czech otrava, intoxikace
- otravapoisoning
- intoxikacepoisoning
Dutch intoxicatie
- intoxicatiepoisoning
Finnish päihdemyrkytys, alkoholimyrkytys
- päihdemyrkytyspoisoning
- alkoholimyrkytyspoisoning
- päihtymysstate of being intoxicated
- juopumusstate of being intoxicated
- päihdyttäminenact of intoxicating
- päihdytysact of intoxicating
- humalaexcitement
- huumausexcitement
French intoxication
- intoxicationpoisoning
German Vergiftung, Intoxikation
- Vergiftungpoisoning
- Intoxikationpoisoning
- Trunkenheitstate of being intoxicated
- Rauschstate of being intoxicated
- Berauschungstate of being intoxicated
- Berauschtseinstate of being intoxicated
- Betrunkenseinstate of being intoxicated
- Rauschexcitement
- Berauschungexcitement
Greek μέθη, μεθύσι
- μέθη (méthi)poisoning
- μεθύσι (methýsi)poisoning
Hebrew שכרון
- שכרון (shikharón)poisoning
Hindi नशा
- नशा (naśā)state of being intoxicated
Hungarian mérgezés, részegség
- mérgezéspoisoning
- részegségstate of being intoxicated
- illumináltságstate of being intoxicated
- ittasságstate of being intoxicated
- mámorexcitement
Italian avvelenamento, intossicazione
- avvelenamentopoisoning
- intossicazionepoisoning
Latvian intoksikācija, saindēšanās
- intoksikācijapoisoning
- saindēšanāspoisoning
Māori whakahaurangitanga, haurangitanga
- whakahaurangitangastate of being intoxicated
- haurangitangastate of being intoxicated
Polish intoksykacja, zatrucie
- intoksykacjapoisoning
- zatruciepoisoning
Romanian intoxicație
- intoxicațiepoisoning
Scottish Gaelic daorach, misg
- daorachstate of being intoxicated
- misgstate of being intoxicated
- smùidstate of being intoxicated
Slovak otrava
- otravapoisoning
Swedish intoxikation
- intoxikationpoisoning
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with intoxication
Cite this entry
intoxication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intoxication
“intoxication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intoxication. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intoxication,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intoxication.
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